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March 1-5, 2010

Most Overlooked Articles of the Week

When CEOs Have Warren Buffett in Their Boardroom: What’s it like to have America’s greatest investor as your shareholder? Buffett’s biographer talks to CEOs who knowBusiness Week
Executive Compensation and Public Outrage: What fueled public outrage wasn’t how much execs got but how little the rest of us did, says Camelia Kuhnen of the Kellogg School of Management. The upside: increased shareholder activismBusiness Week
Video: De Beers CEO Gareth Penny discusses the role of business in tackling poverty and promoting growth in the developing world – Overseas Development Institute (UK) via YouTube

The Week’s Best Interviews and Remarks by CEOs

Video: Intel CEO Paul Otellini’s remarks at The Brookings Institution on rebuilding America’s growth – C-SPAN
Video:3M CEO’s management adviceWall Street Journal
Video: NRG Energy CEO on the cap & trade battle – CNBC

Best Recent Articles on Leadership and Management

At 3M, Innovation Comes in Tweaks and Snips: CEO George Buckley rallies his team to come up with innovations that will reduce products’ costsWall Street Journal
Why is Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse jumping back into the television spotlight? The answer is simple; customers like to buy from people they think they know. – Gerson Lehrman Group
Book Excerpt from Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face—and What to Do About It, Richard S. Tedlow tells how the retailer let ego get the best of itBusiness Week